At Home Ketamine Treatments

Your safety and comfort is our number one priority. Although ketamine is very safe, and doesn’t interact with many medications, there are a few exceptions.

If you have untreated hypertension, untreated high blood pressure, glaucoma, interstitial cystitis, a history of psychosis, Bipolar type 1, a history of stroke or heart attacks, ketamine treatment may not be right for you.

Your prescribing clinician will discuss your personal health history with you to determine if ketamine is a safe medication for you.

Yes. Ketamine can be safely taken along with many antidepressants. Your prescribing clinician will discuss your medication list with you and verify that it is safe with your current medications.

You’ll complete a comprehensive health assessment to determine if you are a candidate for ketamine treatment. Next, you will schedule a consultation call with your Care Coordinator to go over the details of your treatment and next steps in the process.

Once you have completed all your forms you will virtually meet with our in-house therapist to complete a mental health assessment. They will go over your expectations of the treatment, your mood qualifiers as well as your support system.

Then you will meet, virtually, with your prescribing clinician. They will review your health assessment with you, your medication list and check for any interactions, as well as discuss the program timeline with you.

Once you have been approved for treatment, your clinician will prescribe your first 2 doses of medication for you.

Upon completing your first two experiences, you will meet with your clinician again to discuss your comfort level, details of your personal experience as well as your blood pressure readings from your sessions. After discussing this information with you, your clinician will prescribe your reaminging medication.

Our plans typically involve six treatments over the course of three weeks.

Ketamine can cause a sense of disconnection, or dream-like state. It can enhance feelings of gratitude, insight, serenity, perspective and purpose. Some patients have reported a feeling of connectedness to others and humanity. It can bring forth new ideas and problems solving, allowing you to implement work on yourself and your trauma triggers. You can experience visual, auditory and other sensory effects.

Once you are determined to be a good candidate for ketamine therapy you will be prescribed sublingual ketamine lozenges or troches. You will place them under your tongue or between your cheek and gums. Your prescribing clinician will go over the instructions in detail with you.

For the fastest response, you can reach us at [email protected] or call us at 512.986.7723 .

In the dosages and frequency of administration we utilize for treatments at Nepenthe Wellness Center, ketamine does not pose any concerns for addiction. We carefully monitor all patients for tolerance and continually assess responses to treatment to optimize the benefits of ketamine in your care.

Patients commonly feel tired following an experience, we recommend taking your medication in the evening.

Nausea is a common side effect, we will prescribe you anti-nausea medication along with the ketamine troche.

Side effects usually dissipate within a few hours and are completely gone by the following day.

Everyone reacts differently to medication, typically your experience will last between 45-90 minutes.

Everybody is unique and responds to treatment in their own way. For mood disorder patients, some will begin to feel better within hours. Others may need a few experiences before they start to see results.

Patients with thoughts of self-harm or suicidal ideation often notice those thoughts and feelings dissipate first. There is often a dramatic relief of dread and hopelessness, anxiety, dysphoria, physical fatigue, insomnia and much more.

Many patients report the increased ability to function and be productive immediately. Other patients may not notice any improvement in mood until after their 5th or 6th treatment.
It is important to note that the results of ketamine can be sudden and dramatic, but they are not always. It is more common for patients to see gradual, subtle improvement. Sometimes function improves before mood does

Ketamine therapy is a remarkable new treatment that has a high success rate in treating multiple conditions. We have attempted to compile an exhaustive list of these including the level of research that backs up these statements.

Common mental health disorders that can be treated with ketamine therapy include:

• Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD)
• Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
• Bipolar depression (the depressed phase of bipolar disorder)
• Postpartum depression
  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Suicidal Thoughts (Suicidal Ideation)
• Anxiety disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Sexual Abuse Trauma

Substantial research and clinical results show that ketamine may be effective for:

• Severe depression
• Suicidal ideation
• Severe PTSD

Significant research and clinical results show that ketamine may be effective for:

• Severe anxiety disorders
• Severe bipolar disorder
• Neuropathic pain
• CRPS or RSD
• Cancer pain syndromes
• Phantom limb pain

Some research and clinical results show that ketamine may be effective for:

• Fibromyalgia
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Severe OCD
• Post-herpetic neuralgia
• Diabetic neuropathy
• Central pain syndromes related to stroke or trauma
• Chronic migraine headaches

Limited research and clinical results show that ketamine may be effective for:

• Chronic lyme pain
• Chronic pelvic pain
• Spinal cord injury pain
• Multiple sclerosis pain
• Eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia and binge eating
• Intermittent explosive disorder, for impulsivity and irritability
• Rett syndrome
• Social anxiety disorder
• Autism spectrum disorder, for social and depression symptoms. It may also increase verbalizations and decrease stereotypical and resistant behaviors.
• Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease, for depression and memory loss
• Some forms of hearing loss and tinnitus